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medical skill caused him in the long run to be consulted
by all the Russian residents in Stockholm.
Such was the origin of our committee of benevolence,
which soon acquired a certain notoriety in Russia as
well as abroad. All Russians passing through Stockholm
were sure of a ready welcome in the premises of the
committee situated opposite the station. The invalids
were received in the hospitals of Stockholm, which
means that they were admirably cared for. Travellers
were looked after; they were told how to direct their
correspondence to relations and friends left behind
in Germany; pecuniary assistance was given to the
poorest; many of our compatriots who did not know
what to do, and who were fit for work, were employed
and paid by the committee itself; others offered their
services free, and worked thus for months. The clergy
of the orthodox Church of Stockholm shared in our
labours with real self-devotion. Many members of
the Legation, and above all Baroness Rosen, wife of
the Counsellor of the Legation, lent intelligent and
untiring aid.
The gradual decrease in the stream of Russian
refugees seemed as if it ought to diminish the labours
of the committee. But another task claimed the
self-sacrifice of the members; and this task, good-naturedly
undertaken, ended by taking up the greater part of
their time and efforts; it meant that the staff of the
committee was perpetually being increased, demanding
new workers, an entirely new office organisation, and,
in view of increasing expenditure, fresh resources to
meet this. This task was the correspondence with our
prisoners of war in Germany and partly in Austria,
and the sending of money and provisions to these poor
wretches.
The Stockholm committee was the first Russian institution
that concerned itself with our prisoners. We received a
few letters from officers who were prisoners, we
answered them, and thus our mutual intercourse started.
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